# malware
## English
### Etymology

From mal- +‎ -ware.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: mal‧ware

### Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)
* (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware
** 2020 October 19, “U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks”, in New York Times‎:In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one of the greatest digital threats to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet, the computer attack by the United States and Israel that took out Iran’s uranium centrifuges in 2009.

#### Descendants

* → Amharic: ማልዌር (malwer)
* → Bengali: মালওয়্যার (malōẇyar)
* → Czech: malware
* → Danish: malware
* → Dutch: malware
* → French: malware; → maliciel (calque)
* → German: Malware
* → Hindi: मैलवेयर m (mailveyar)
* → Italian: malware
* → Japanese: マルウェア (maruwea)
* → Korean: 맬웨어 (maerweeo)
* → Macedonian: малвер m (malver)
* → Portuguese: malware
* → Romanian: malware
* → Serbo-Croatian: malver m
* → Slovak: malvér m
* → Spanish: malware
* → Tagalog: malware
* → Thai: มัลแวร์ (mal-wɛɛ)

#### See also

* backdoor
* exploit
* URL injection
* wabbit
* -ware

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “malware (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* malware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

### Noun

malware m inan
* (computing) malware
    Synonym: škodlivý software

#### Declension
### Further reading

* malware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{cs}$

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

### Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)
* (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: skadelig software

### Further reading

* malware on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑl.ʋɛːr/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mal‧ware

### Noun

malware m (uncountable)
* malware

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.lwɛʁ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

malware m (plural malwares)
* (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

### Further reading

* logiciel malveillant on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{fr}$

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

### Noun

malware m (countable and uncountable, plural invariable)
* (computing) malware (“software developed to harm a computer system”)
    Synonym: software dannoso

### Further reading

* malware on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mawˈwɛʁ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mawˈwɛʁ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mawˈwɛɾ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mawˈwɛʁ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mawˈwɛɻ/ [maʊ̯ˈwɛɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /maˈlwɛɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /maˈlwɛɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /maˈlwɛ.ɾi/

### Noun

malware m (plural malwares)
* (computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

### Further reading

* malware on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

### Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)
* (computing) malware
    Synonyms: software rău intenționat, (rare) software dăunător

#### Declension
### Further reading

* software rău intenționat on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ro}$

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmalweɾ/ [ˈmal.weɾ]
* Rhymes: -alweɾ

### Noun

malware m (plural malwares)
* (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
    Synonym: software malicioso

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* malware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English malware. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmalwejɾ/ [ˈmal.weɪ̯ɾ]
* Rhymes: -alwejɾ
* Syllabification: mal‧ware

### Noun

malware (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)
* (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

### Further reading

* malware on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{tl}$